Garment construction



Aug. 1, 1950 M. E. DAVIS GARMENT CONSTRUCTION FiIed June 22, 1949 & m W W.

Milton E. Davis Patented Aug. 1, 1950 Milton E. Davis, New York, N. Y. 7 Application June 22 1949,, Serial No. 100,551

2 Claims. (Cl. 297) 1 The present invention relates to an outer garment, such as an overcoat. or the like. and

specifically to a garment having a separable.

lining, and tomethods of making the same.

In the garments of the character described as heretofore made andinthe methods hereto fore practiced in making them, even the eXercise of maximum care and the use of highest tailoring skill, generally failed to provide the type of smooth and flat lying flap or fly that is desirable.

It is the object of the present invention, there-r fore, to provide av garment having a separable lining in which the flyor flap coveringtlie separ-t able fastening means will always lie smooth, fiat.

and even, all around the: garment, without buckling or twisting and without interfering with the movement and operation of the separable fastening means.

It is also an object 01: the present invention to devise methods for construction of theflapor fly covering the separable fastening means on.

a garment of the character described.whichv will always produce and result in a flap or fly construction that will lie smoothly, flatly and evenly against the inside of the garment, throughout its length, and will not interfere with the movement and operation of the separable fastening means.

It is a further object of the present invention to devise methods of the character described for the construction of the separable fastening means covering fly or flap which are of maximum ease and simplicity to practice, and which may be practiced with great economy of time, labor and materials and by means of simple and standard mechanisms and devices. I

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the garment of the present inven tion and of the methods for making the same will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from an embodiment of the garment shown in the accompanying drawing and from the description following. It is to be understood, however, that such embodiment is shown by way of illustration only to make the principles and practice of the invention more readily comprehensible and without any intent of limiting the invention to the speciflc details therein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the inside of an open coat or the like embodying the present invention, partly broken away to show structural details and with the separable lining partly" separated from the. outer garment; and

Fig. 2 is. a perspective fragmentary section; taken on line 22. of, Fig.1, partly broken away. to show structural details.

Referring more specifically to the accompanying drawings, the garment. or coat proper, com.- prises an outer. or face fabric Ill and a. lining. 5!, with the face fabric it. comprising an inner. marginal portion l2 onthe sides and upper part. of the inside of the garment, said marginal. portion terminating at its, interior edge in a flap, enerally designated. as secured one tape. of,- separable fasteners 16. Preferably such tape is continuous. along the. sides.

and top of the garment along the shoulder and.

neck portion thereof to provideasingle, separable slide fastening. means. The separable lining, generally designated as 28, comprises an inner fabric. 2|, and may also include a lining 22. for such. inner fabric. 2.1, and is provided around its side and upper edges. with. a cooperating tape o'fslide fasteners 23. r

In order to. have. the flap or fly lie flatly, evenly andsnugly against. the inside of the garment, without buckling or twisting I have devised. a new and. novel, method. for constructing such.

fly. For that purpose, the fly may comprise a multplicity of layers of fabric which may include, in addition to the marginal portion [2 of the outer fabric it, one or more intermediate stiffening fabrics or layers or tape 25, and a lining fabric tape 26. The inwardly facing edges of all said layers secured by a binding tape 2'! folded around them. This multiple layer fly i5 is secured to the slide fastener tape 16 at a point close to the row of fastener elements disposed thereon.

The stiffening tape 25, the lining 26 and the fastener tape l6 are also stitched at a point closer to the edge of the garment to the main 1ining of the arment l! against its outer face.

In practice, the stiffening tape 25, the lining tape 26, the fastener tape [6 and the binding tape 2'! are fed simultaneously over the fabric 32 and simultaneously stitched to one another by the tworows of stitching, 2i! and 3D, to form the multi-layer flap or fly l5 in a sin le operation, whereby all the several layers of fabric are connected to one another at a uniform rate and under smooth and even tension throughout, so that the fly will not twist or buckle and will be of fiat and even construction throughout its length. The slide tape it being likewise simultaneously secured to the fly is also held thereon [5, under 'which is.

under even tension and in smooth, flat position against the fly l5.

After the fly is formed integrally with the slide tape It, all but the outer fabric layer 12 thereof are placed over the outer face of the lining II and a line of stitching 3| is passed simultaneously therethrough, to thereby connect them also under even tension and in smooth and flat relation to one another, to eliminate any distorting action from-that side of the fly I5.

This completes the description of the product and methods of the present invention. It will be readily apparent that not only is the slide fly of the present invention of superior, smooth even and sturdy construction, but that such superior effects are obtained with great ease and facility and with a reduction in the number of operations generally required for the formation of a general fly of the same nature.

It will also be readily apparent that the multi layer fly l5 of the present invention requires no unusual or complicated tools or attachments or mechanism for its production, but may readily be formed by means of mechanisms and attachments that are standard and well known in the art.

It will also be apparent that a number of other modifications and variations may be made in the garment of the present invention as well as in the practice of its methods, such as providing a multiplicity of slide fastener sections or of additional stiffening layers, and others, which will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, in accordance with the principles of the in-- vention hereinabove set forth and without requiring any inventive ingenuity. I desire, therefore, to be protected for any and all such variations and modifications that may be made within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is:

1.. In a garment for a separable lining, said garment having an outer garment fabric, a 1ining, and a marginal fabric portion along the inner side and top edges of the garment secured by its outer edge to the outer edge of the said garment fabric, a separable fastener concealing fly comprisin a stiffening tape against the in- 4 ner face of the inner edge of said marginal fabric portion, a lining tape against the inner face of said stiffening tape, a fastener carrying tape against the inner face of said lining tape, its fastener carrying edge spaced outwardly from the inner edge of said marginal fabric portion, a binding tape around the edges of said marginal fabric, stiffening tape and lining tape, a line of stitching through said binding tape and through said marginal fabric portion stiffening tape and lining tape, a second line of stitching spaced outwardly from said first line of stitching and passing through said marginal fabric por- I tion, stiffening tape, lining tape and fastener element carrying tape, and a third line of stitching spaced outwardly from said second line of stitching and passing through said stiffening tape, lining tape, fastener carrying tape and garment lining.

2. The method for forming a fastener concealing fly in a garment for a separable lining, said garment having an outer fabric, a lining, and a, marginal fabric portion along the inner side and top edges of the garment, which comprises the steps of simultaneously feeding a reinforcing tape, a lining tape and a fastener element carrying tape against the inner face of said marginal fabric portion along its inner edge, simultaneously feeding a binding tape about the inner edge of said marginal fabric portion, the

through said marginal fabric portion, said stiffening, said lining tape and said fastener element carrying tape and then passing a third line of stitching spaced outwardly from said second line of stitching through said reinforcing tape, said lining tape, said fastener element carrying tape and said lining.

MILTON DAVIS.

No references cited. 

